K. Dickson
Comparative Mythology: Mesopotamian
Mesopotamian Deities

(
-#- denotes twins)

Sumerian Name
Babylonian Name
Parents
Offspring
Consort
Main Cult City
Sphere of Influence
Abzu
Apsu
———
Anshar, Kishar
Nammu
———
abyss; primal fresh subterranean water

Ishkur

Adad
An + Ki

Enlil + Ninlil

———

Dagan

Karkara

storm; rain
An
Anu
Anshar + Kishar
Enlil
Enki-#-Ishkur
Ki/Antum
Uruk
sky; father of gods
Atrahasis/Ziusudra
Utnapishtim



———
deified Flood hero
Dumuzi
Tammuz
Duttur
———
Inanna
Uruk
shepherd; grain; dying (vegetation) god

Enki

Ea
An + Ki
An + Nammu

Marduk

Damgalnuna

Eridu

fresh water; trickster figure

Enlil

Ellil

An + Ki
Inanna-#-Utu, Ereshkigal,
Nanna, Nergal, Ninurta

Ninlil

Nippur

wind, air, storm; kingship
Ereshkigal
Ereshkigal
Enlil + Ninlil
———
Nergal
———
underworld
Geshtinanna
———
Duttur
———
(sister of Dumuzi)
———
grapes, wine
Imdugud
Anzu
———
———
———
———
thunderbird



Inanna



Ishtar
Enlil + Ninlil

Enki + Damgalnuna

Nanna + Ningal



———


Dumuzi

alii


Uruk
Kish
Agade



sexuality; fertility; storehouse; war
———
Marduk
Enki + Damgalnuna
Nabu
Sarpanitu
Babylon
storm; war

Nammu

Tiamat

———
Anshar, Kishar
Qingu
Abzu

Qingu

———

primal salt water
Nanna Sin
Enlil + Ninlil
Inanna-#-Utu
Ningal
Ur
moon

Nergal

Erra

Enlil + Ninlil

———
Ereshkigal

Ninhursag

———

underworld; war; plague


Ninhursag/Nintu


Aruru/Mami/Belet-iri


An


Ningirsu
Enlil
Enki
Nergal


Kesh


earth-mother
Ningirsu/Ninurta
Ninurta
Enlil + Ninlil
———
Bau
Lagash
thunder; war

Utu

Shamash
Enlil + Ninlil

Nanna +Ningal

———

Sherida
Sippar
Larsa

sun; judgment